Quimper

[ kan-per ]

noun

1. a port in and the capital of Finistère, in NW France: noted for pottery manufacture.

Quimper

/ kɛ̃pɛr /

noun

1. a city in NW France: capital of Finistère department. Pop: 63 238 (1999)

Example Sentences

Bishop Rainaud laid the first stone of Quimper Cathedral in 1239.

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I am going to make my dbut at the Quimper-Corentin theatre, in Joconde, nothing less!

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Arrived at Quimper-Corentin, Dodichet started off at once to find the manager of the theatre.

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"Some volunteers of Quimper, returning home," replied Barbaroux, with ironical smoothness.

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"Ces messieurs are going to Quimper," said Catherine, speaking the name in the very italics of scorn.

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